Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 161, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1866 Page: 2 of 8
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they *eek to pespetaate the dto-1 tio
~ ?oC tfe Ul^ awl the |*fd-yet
[jpf the
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fatWedi
its Lewi, upon the platfora^ of hia
restoration polky. and cotopeeed
the^Jtal
and made irrepealable,
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▼oice it obeys, is «tydoy-
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rations, «o testify before *1*9 ,Reeo -
^ naed' be, to
Of the ithaui-'
connected with i
elation* being formed inthis dty, for
the investment of money in promising
Ifee. Then ere already three
Manufactories in proems <$
mw&Y-SFSitm
other MMty,'JfolaM*, afidtv g*
company, and a shoe factory. Aid
even new the work hae jnsk begni.
Manufactories of all the things use 1
bt the people of Texaa, willeettaini r
thiaState give te bis*}
jr, and thus t&incfoase'lhel
their rights in the Union un
Constitution. T&* weald he the
as to the real eou-
which
'<T 1 fljfc Ml
t .tmt
through Stheir Chrigti
Of tfieirfeeliugs, their1^
ton to the
i..te wri,ttea.^
' ' i'fey
. m is manifest from &
atttte*}
. „. . EpptlH
?4bd'1Bitot
i iihe General jGloTenwneiit, when once
set forth^wM'be perfectly sat-
ton-. Vresiu^t^ly believe that
j t. ^ to-day fabre
lCT.r"«;7 ^ ;«KD
jiycrpment than ,that
the Northern people who;
to keep the Southern
I W?W^m^W$>
•won feB.ft SteWHies.
than Wmjwi obtain from the
airth# f
mmm
p«.
herself w
*thei; ^nt^r haa
fiO
t iHnouatffif
ptothat
§§K
«"<?■ > i*teeu
, twwMgfvTh^.
in the United?
Wi
are-, yet
| to the best
rid
afcteritlBE to theoo
of
dwell and
IKfll
«*w . ...
and success-
also a member
I ,to heartfcat
i£1ife efforts. We
# w«l prosper.
. < .■
■ ' -1« bei-
ion as
mmm,
the United
fused tooon-
llpw
^ ^ EfsS4 ;%'p
ill 'j«« "-ij ,(.•)" ..rV -fM vk ' ' 1 "Vi
the delegation l>e sent,;
,vf) sent ho delegfctlb
i' EVe^ ' "(tlue-
...y- 'pibf&i matto,^jij i, „4,,,.
i must know that if she does ii«t
f,nobody^-wP<
i'tWt dirteCiohj tbacif
^ ria Sabine Paai, is opened
i an immenso impetus
evarytW
UU. f
We have been in the habii of
lag some extra copies of out Wekklv
to some of W«rf old frWnds in the dif-
forent StatesVAt random, as we lUg*
happen tq^ink^f, their, names, aM
ptoeMBtses. t>«e of our editorial cori*
sent a copt to ids eld sWend, Baw. IK
fi. McAnally, editor of (fhb! St. Lonis
aiij}, as a ^ se-
quenoe, a gentleman, writer from St.
| " Our (Meed, Kev. McAnally of the
Ohristiatr Advocate, loaned hfes wpy
of your Wjbkki.t, wliich i read with
greUt interest. Without beinif fW-
somb, 1 detjlre to express mv opinion
that It is t he most readable paper I
have seen since the close of tlie Wsr.
i '*r>a unable to And, in tho eopy
which I saw, any "Prospectus or list
of prices for subscription and adver-
tising, and I write this to request that
jou will send me one. I have niany
L'ionds iuK a«*|uaintnncc* in your-
Itate—coihtwdes in the late war—of
who%prese> t location I mri ignorant#
and of whom 1 can probably" learn:
something from ^our personal items,
and I will also, wtfnt to advertise as
soon^aai I get in a position where I
can Afford the expense." f • , V'
Tho bust way to coimniuiicat* with
yonr friends in tho old States is to
se^'y^ur copy bfthb Tki.k«rai>J;I to
them; .a«d judvertise what you do,^,
Conv
for an
DOM} fli i
member, a
by the Legislature,
legislation, fcr the
support of 'L
I The Bleatms OK A "LA
Independent claims to be a
be a i
m at
with its importance to our people and
the youth of the State. Tltose who
would improve and elevate a genera-
tion most begin by instructing its
youth, who, f
, among the simpV-
of (he country, thought
ly precise and proper
Christian virtues. We
editors, past,
present or to come, are actually can
onised, uinee the Picotostaat faithdoe«
not recognise that form of deification^
bat that they are, to a peat extent,
believed to be simply physical incar-
nations of abstract perfection, is quite
incited even by the aids certain, and the bodily presence of
hamlet, is
appear-
proud Temple .shinw afiir;" still; ance of the angels to the shepherds,
harder, indeed, is it for those sons: Itisapity that these good people
and (laughters of want, struggling ! are sleeping on their posts wliile some
«g«i.wt the storms of Fate, to reach ' devil is sowing tars ; for such, indeed,
the goal of letters unaided by the fos- ' we must conclude, after looking over
tering ear* and patmuage of wealth- ! the remarkable article iu the last
4er neighbors, or the munificence of. issue. A few specimens, quoted from
t4w> Stat*. ,.3 ... ,..., _ r that stunning«leader, Will eonviuce
_ _ ♦ _ ' t the leader that the real editors are
..M'ttef frsfliiJalvestsa. -; - dntv, or that we are accidentally
„ v. . "f [a ' ' ! ?ftot hold of the quackings of some
" 'gZZSZrSu&Tfi, 1««. . r d«ad duck," instead of the sober and
The weather was verv unpleasant j seemly Independent. We Quote :
" Our enemies familmnzAd this Na-
Oui
lif'ij ivam W selected py jvuui, wuo, iiicii«*i c*ru * •muo vwmmu, uu
dw. dnuL whildi of nature and fortune, find it hard I any one of them in a rural h
ftJ^yTxeXk activ- f to Mfib <*e steep *vberV Ti6iA f an event second «dy to the
iti fti.jadi, so Stiongly p" u«l Tru^ile .sbinw . ahirr still: ance of the angels to the she
versity
4h*dMfMi
known and wpeertaiu , looJity tliat
it finally M Mwfteu, still lDcrt^a-
an inditt'erente on,the subject not
■„>.g4n|jr to tie yoath of /the
countrr.
J We think the Convention should
give soeh direction to tlie Legislature
as will secure the early initial step to
•0 institution of learning, to be lo-
•oon as exigences will pci ri ,
me point'equi-convenient Ur ycstcnlav, and nearly^veiy person in . , ...
people owe it to tbemstlrf* j town lutd the Wan . Galveston luis tl0 with the pang of grier.
C^tfiev.ehejrMcteir <of, ffie State, (to. edvantage over your city in rui- Chief Magistrate has twice pierced it
than tlie youth of the country, ny weather, for pedestrians can walk ■ w'th the sting of shame.
that State edtwat4ouol fftciUtiW,°ft!"' ! in i-vw mrt of town without dau- : ''Not proveuis ilie charge that the
highest order,'shbuM^e fuhilshed'nt - gi-r of getting buigtd. Houston is : President was in liquor. On the con
hub)ie expense, forin <pf Wj .«lost ineil to be a groat city, providing • trary, his frienw esteemed ltim in his
e Unlverai^', that will enable" ; the shell hanks on the bay do not be- j r|gbt mind. But perhaps the supe-
jjsreqts to ednnatotWr.sqns at lmuie, i eouie exhansted iu foraishing regular ; riority of the office enables the Presi
Sd thus false t e standard of action, f suppWs STtlieir predoas materials I dent to be as vulgar when sober as a
tlie oav flo _
ftirniJiiny regular j riority of the office
.. r, JMw^ee
thought, habits an^ j(Jo'\siil< i - ami thus keep the (teople
;;ng the past resouri ces of m*, we ing too deep in the black
amy wonder that such au epterpri.se The steamer Rob Rov n .... , _
" oper- f jwcident a «lay of tW ago. Tlie ! men, one a leader of the Senate and
been !, steamer Indiau No. 2, which had been • the other of the House."
Vice President when druuk.
"Descending to the pit of billings-
fate, he names two American states-
a process, invented by )
State
known
ler.' of'that elty, Which. Aftef Jhe
!it proves itself capl blet>f
anned oysters, jl|
its indefinitely in a perfectly
state. Salt is sprinkled •Over
find meats, atid shgar bver ftidte;'
from sink-
mud.
ly wonder ttiat sucb an enterprise The steamer Kolt Koy met with an
> not loug
ation; for the meaua have not , , ,
wmting: if a proper and judicious t chuHered by the United States Quar- • ^ And i^l this foulness to come out
direction had been given them orig- : termaster to haul load of wood from of tbfcuMnithi not of Andrew Johnson,
in ally. " the Trinity river, endeavored to land i but of the President of the United
at the central wharf, where the Hob j States ?"
Roy was tied. The Captain of the ! "The President's inuAic was set to
liulian demanded that the Rob Rov j sharps; the Secretary's to thits. Tlie
should "change her base.'' but she I philosopher of Auburn, a builder or
would not move an inch. A guard i raiulmws and piper ot soap bubbles,
in ally
We own to u truth, iu which there
more shame than pleasure, that
many of par Southern sister States,
with really fewer facilities, rightly
handled, have far surpassed Texas iu
their State, literary institutions. We
know that such things are usually the
product of old societies and large
numbers; still our resources largely
Compensate for what we may be oth-
erwise deficient iu. It is true they
may be made costly establishments,,
but not necessarily so; for the great-
est investment is always at the be-
ginning; and in a few years they aid
in their own support. There are Col-
leges aiuVUfiiversitics founded by the
munificence of a few men only, and
the.most celebrated one in Europe—
that at Berlin—was founded and sup-
ported, in the last century, by the pa-
tronage of one man, wliicji was con-
sidered 'by competent judges one of
the finest literary institutions that any
age or nation luid produced. We
guard
from the quartermaster's office s hiii
iippeared and cut the Rob Roy loose
from her moorings and off she filiated,
with a strong shore wind blowiug
against her. She was soon halted
by a barque anchored iu the chaiiuel.
The barque lost her bow-sprit and
discussed of nothing that had not
already been spoken ill a louder tone
by Copperhead gunpowder tired in
the Park,"
'•But, with Congress courageous,
calm ;i!.il right. :!' the President's
friends continue to demand for his
all her forward-rigging, and the Rob ' use the prerogative of Congress in
Rov received several uglv bruises. ! addition to his own, tliey will be
The I lest of the joke is. the Rob Roy j overthrown. If the President shall
had also iieen chartered by tlie quar- i continue to usurp Jt tor himselt, he
termaster. to take a load to Houston, i w'll be impeached.''
and was awaiting her freight, and the • There is more ot the sort, but
probability is that Uncle Sam will ! ;e give enough to show the spirit,
have to pay all damages, which will , 1 lie entire article is on the principle
amouut to several hundred dollars. j "fightiug the devil with tire." If—
I learn that a case of smay-ji^t j «s it assumes—the President was un-
broke out in the couuty jail a day or j dignified aud abusive, the Indepeu-
two ago, and the prisoners were at \ dent beat hiui at his own game so
once removed to safer quarters. j lieyond all competition that he should
The city authorities have placed | bide his diminished head.—X. K.
" ' '11 mri.
might mention also the munificence of
John Sinithson, an Englishman of let- j large gungs of laborers at work elean
ters, who gave a large fortune to the j ing the streets and gutters, and the WmMmi«d u<i*Ncw Vork^Vrwo.
(GfoVerament of the United States for city Marshal has given notice to the i
the '• diffusion of knowledge amoug j citisens that unless they oouform to j vek*raph«i to tlie A««ci*t«i Pre<>.
men;" indeed, many others could be i the city ordinances concerning the! _ Washington, March 10.
instanced where similar institutions, j cleanliness of their premises, that be
-Presi
not only supported by the bounty, t will prosecute them to the fullest ex-
" ut ornaiUchted afterwards by tW- ; tent of the law
lotlody' of expeuse; that the money can only j aud <
to | eak for hef, then filled rafld pat lutoan ah-tight, raised by taxation: ami tlris mov ( New
but thex Will fans eMbonic acid is forced iu [ be true iu part so long ouly-as the in- i less i
fw >aw the
t^ken out and sealed, *
: iiJT i''" . '■:
.A tremendous parade of the me-
chanics of Kfiik, Orieaus occurred a
few days lnbe, iu favor of the '-eight
hour" movement Their motto is,
" eight hours fof work,, eight hours for
rest, eight httor#-for mental culture."
rl-
•Hho genial
the . «tatus ;of
N «wit«d1ihatthe
■he
UM>« are of no deep merit and can
calif fMrth only ftn ephtunemi fame,
yet ti% Uavfe mado hitii known iu
a: town aiwl'oabij| !.M«d tickled
the fknoV. of
gatedfellow who wrdy rtiieded to
laugli. But fet all this there may be
Augusta Constttutionaliet:
" Just aa long as he wrote from th^
abundance of hii heatVhe oonld not
j&iilte hold hie own; l«jt wlion, in an
evil hour, he contracted wither. Mul-
hOiyi of ' tho Metropolitan (Beeord to
be taumy periodi«dp«iat «innte he
forsook his good genius. We have
read his .twniih,-toilat.
It is not our Bill, hht a ghtttly wnn-
ttrfeH. Tt makes us wd to tMuh so,
but the troth must oat. The. great
desert oFttMnor te^fiftttf with the
bones of devoted pilgrims. We should
dent Johnson Iihs assured the agent of
a colored delegation that no sudden
change should take place affecting
The Steamer Magnolia which was j the occupancy of the lands to which
Gen. Sherman gave the freedinen tho
possessory title.
The House is discus^injr the Presr-
productions of their founders.
We kqpw objections will be Urged J due from Indianolia early yesterday
to a stafe ®8v*W^t"itt'H ground j morning failed to arrive yesterday, ;
and consequently riLved her'trip to!
New Orinan*. . 'i'Jie rain storm.doubt- ^'ent^s message.
jiart so long only-as the in- f less pi-evented her arrival. ' SkW, Tobk, Muich 1(J.—Thf' Com--
stitution is in infancy; for, iffoimdetl ! The steamer I. C. Harris arrived '"crcial states that the banking house *
on a proper basis with an euhirgMl j front New Orleans yesterday morning ni Unfits Lord, in Exclmnge Placo,
We aro. stiil e*tendihg our corres-
pondence,:,a#4 last week engaged^
gentteman 'to go to London and re-
aidc there, to eorrespond for the
Temsobaph from the World's Me-
trbpolis. We shall hear from him as
soon a*ih4efta*t^< tch there,'at least
perhaps oftener,
aud promise our readers a rich treat
; ,
We are veiy sorry indeed to hear
that our old friend, Dr. C. O. Young,
hassuflned a severe loss by the ex-
of his factory in
county., .Wetrust that the
iH|urytis uot so giSBat but that it may
be soon Jepaired. He has great >ner-
tihd petneverance. and is not et silv
'well-known
- Drop - Inn "
city of New Orleans,
by a 'stab,' in h pfir-
u^ln Sam's saloon, a
He had many friend^,
family- yij'
to no-
tl«tsibylare without
reports that there Wno
Custarre]
in Texaa, outside the lines.of
Fedftiito J4h«y. We presume the
toB^obawvatiuu
ted that he did not, before making
o the' MpHI
more thorou^ily. it is
unfair to judge
a amatts«rtk*n. Oto-Cua-
Jojetr^ iSl
system of instruction, its private pa-
tronage 'would' go far to its own sup-
ports Besides, we could adopt a pol-
icy which would extort from crime
tlie means of its prevention, and make
its punishment tributary to the cause
of letters. The fines and forfeitures
of our courts, our military fine*, if
there be auyhereafter, and sums from
other sources, could lie blended into a
permanent and continually accumu-
lating fund, and consecrated to the
support Of the University, with suffi-
cient guards against its conversion to
7 other purpose. Such a liberal
icy will, in a few years, rear a no-
i seat of learning in our State, where
heir youth, to whom nature has been
'kind than fortune, may go and
ib the steps of ambition on equal
with their more wealthy com-
petitors, and gratefully dedicate the
pow«r die has cultivated to her own
serviip and advancement.
That bur schools and colleges have
achieved much in the cause of letters,
is beyond question ; but, by the same
meahs, touch more may be achieved,
especially %nder the auspices of the
Statfe patroWge. \ What wc want is
an institution comprehending all the
sciences undflf different classes; and
experience wVuld soon teach that
these <c1&seq Vould mutually influ-
ence the program of each other, and
unitelp the same general design, al-
" the object of each would be
afia miiiht be separately
-While are not afraid
pedants with their conceit and
Would creepikto its chairs,
would not larrow the limits
wherein selections for teachers should
be made. We would collect them
from all quarters—eren from Conti
-provided they did not
>r /onstrue treason."
lowew, that the ABieif-
i sufficiently utilitarian
with a hirgi- Iwt «f passengers. .She ! Wi,s robbed ot 1,500,000 in Un
will prolmbly get •'iff on Saturday or ' mellt «ud other securities/
Sunday next, due notice of which Cotton dull at 40c.
will be given. I am indebted to her ' vvo hundred thousand dollars rc-
gentlemunly purser. McCready, for j ward is offered for the thief who stole
tiles of the Xew Orleans papers of the million and a half dollars t'ryn
the latest dates. All the employees \ Lord's banking house.
of the Morgan line are clever follows ■ Washington, March 10.—Tho
and know Im w to act as true gentle- i House is engaged in desultory debate^
men. | on the President's message. _ No cou-
The favorite steamship Wilmuig- : elusion _ has beeii arrivecljgpt. The
ton will be oft" to Xow York on Sun- i Senate is not in session to-lB^
day morning next. This ship is oue ' SmcEVEi'OK'r, March ^^-Rivi r
of the best in [xirt, and has already i
and practical' to
tioM hit the caui
a long list of passengers booked,
I). P. Gallcgher is now on trial be-
fore a Military Commission on the
charge of shooting a colored soldier
several days since. The evidence given
thus far does not seem to prbve that
he fireil the fatal shot. However, it
is in had taste to prejudge a case.
high and rising above
Two soldiers went oil board tlie
steamer William Butler, and were
pushed overboard by the crew. One
soldier wns drowned. The mate and
crew were arrested, and are awaiting
trial in the military prison. Tho bout,
was taken possession of by the Gov-
ernment. ,
and I have no doubt"the military com- j Middling cotton rules at 24e., and Low
mission will do the fair thing with it. i Middling at 23c. iu specie.
, Business does not seem to improve
much. The bad weather is doubtless
the cause of this, aud it is generally
believed that this dullness will con-
tinue for several weeks heu< e. (roods
of all kinds can now Ik- tiongiit as
An Illustrious Fenian.—a New
York correspondent of the Chicago
Times tells us that "Mr. Charles
O'Connor, the eminent lawyer of that
city, has been for some time pan-
cheaply for greenbacks as thev could p ^ei^iP°D°rv ' me'n" ♦
„ r„,r- „„„ iH"r of the English Parliament for
X1K? JO.'
doing a
popular I
the Whit
call attention to the notice
of the splendid
gton. for New
wBT Hil~ on fhtnday
Our readers already
nalitlc-s of this steamer,
jontemplattltV*MMi to
ghouldbfeonliiuid
SSSBhS", E)TKMlKS.-i
record the daitth of Mr.
broad founda-
cause if Letters, without
an* confusion of spec-
whf usually are bred
only, and who
lection. TtTeSfe
means to.piit .in
University, men can
i y competent sala-
carry the cause of
to an attractive
us. united' 'by one
dae design, and
, Klopstoek, and Rab-
, and Muschen brook
Holland; will devote
time to the thorough
ItL the encouraye-
'ts, and the en-
m
«of their gen
raise
and rive
sti isolates
for specie a few weeks ago.
The Houston steamers seem to be
good business. The most
boat in the trade seems to bo
Whitelaw, which is under com-
mand Of Capt. Pat. Christian. Tra-
velers secure their berths on her sev-
eral hours prior to her leaving port,
and on many tripe the cabin floors are
crowded with sleepers. Wash. Hill,
the popular clerk, knows how to treat
travelers, and Capt. Pat. takes care
that his boat shall keep afloat at all
times. I have never enjoyed the
pleasure of a trip an this boat yet, but
I have the evidence of hundreds who
are loud in their praises of the favor-
ite steamer. * -
Mr. Starr S. Jones, of this city, has
a useful institution established called
the " Transfer Baggage Express.r
Ho delivers baggage in idl parts of the
fifty and at reasonable rates. He has
a messenger running on the Galves-
ton and Houston raflroad who checks
and gives receipts for all baggage en-
trusted to his care. Travelers c«u
receipt therefor* they will gave much
trouble and loss in die transfer of
their haggigBto the Hotels and steam-
era- Mr Jones is well known here,
and I cordially recommend his enter-
prise to the consideration of all travel-
ers. SIOUX.
Tata Crops.—$e have accounts
mw Aastto, Faystto, Colorado and
Rastreg aafiSaaT thst the freedmen
axe working well and the crops grow-
ing finely. This J«f especially the case
with the small Janaera, who emplfly
bat a few haadii
ao difficulty. Tim
N nM«a^k<
Hah
1 gr°^ fy
Rosecommon county, Ireland, and
the present head of the family. His
father, the late Don, was for, many
years perhaps the most respeoted,
and personally influential member in
the House of Commons, and univcr
sally beloved, equally in England as
in Ireland, for his many gentle and
noble qualities. He was a perfect
specimen of the old school of Irish
gentlemen. In appearance Mr. Chas.
O'Connor is said to bear a remarkablo
resemblance to him. In Mr. Jas. T.
Brady arid Richard O'Gtonnan, the
new corporation counsel, who were
present, The O'Conor Don was ena-
bleJto see on this side oTtBe Atlan
tic as splendid types of the old race,
brilliant in intellect, noble iu feeling,
as the world could produce."
''*■ Taaplc*—v!|kltwiw(ea the
Mexicans ai< Prtich,
By the arrival
ma, fromTa
has been a
hundred of the1
the Liberals, numbered ;
twenty. The French troofh went
some thirty miles from the citf on an i
expedition, When they met the Liberal "
force find were defeated with adoss of
thirty of their number.
The Liberals are now encampe^
about fifteen miles from ,IW
e schooner Em
learn that there
between one
garrison and
numbered about
which is completely severed from tho
surrounding country.
Business at Tampico is completely
prostrated.—Bulletin, _ r
|W Reward!
—OIfK LIGHT SOHRBL POKV-hin
^i^utnoi^lauooy iiob^ic—da
id on'deUonrr to
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Cushing, E. H. Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 161, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1866, newspaper, March 16, 1866; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236309/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.